Well, my mw is fobbing me off with a late booking of my hb and a "wait and see" attitude. Grrr. I know it's common practice to wait until that magic 37 weeks, so they can put pressure on for a hospital birth and no woman at that stage is going to be strong enough to fight her corner any more. I was misled into thinking it would be no problem, and was not as calm as I'd like when suddenly confronted by a u-turn. Dammit! I am so mad at myself, but also at her. ...

So I figured I may as well use my blog to document my new healthy lifestyle regime including going back to doing tap dancing.I did tap as a child and then from 17-24, now I'm 36 and need some exercise.

First classIt's changed so much! Everything is low, modern and fast. It used to be so high up on the balls of your feet, 42nd street style. I enjoyed it but my balance was all over the place (I'm blaming my sinusitus or possibly being much heavier that when I last went) I did just about keep...

I have just given a lending kit out to a mum with a baby just over 5 lb. I gave a few birth topotty nappies but raided my lending stahs for all the small nappies as i know from having two babies around 5lb that cloth nappies can seem huge. I did warn her that some may be big, but i included a small ittibitti, and a small Bambino mio which should fit. But I hope she is not put off. Well we'll see. What is otherpeoples experience of cloth on small babies.

Today dh woke up and I heard him exclaim. The snow which had melted a bit yesterday was steadily being replenished this morning, and it was snowing very heavily. So, I have been lucky enough to have his company at home (how sad am I?! ). More snow is expected this weekend, too. We have about 6 inches of snow here already. Quite a bit has melted off the trees and roads...